Saturday, July 28, 2012

Washington

 It was sad to lose my grandma, but it was a happy thing to have time with family.

 My cousin Cami drove over from Montana.

 Cami's son, Lance (4), took this neat photo on our walk.  You can see the Narrows bridge just over the vegetation on the left.

 My cousin Gary and his family came up from Oregon.  He is a cousin on the other side of the family, so it was especially sweet that they made the effort to come up.

 My mom with two cousin's wives, Sam & Larissa - three beautiful ladies.

 My dad with his siblings.

 My parents, aunts & uncles.

All of my grandma's grandkids who made it to the funeral, with the exception of my brother who was unaware there was going to be a photo session.

 This is the grandkids with spouses.

 My Uncle Carl's family.

 My Uncle Loran's family.

 My crazy cousin, Tony, who makes me laugh and wastes my waning camera battery.

 We got a photo with my Dad's branch of the family the next day to include my brother & his wife.

 My mom & I in their front yard.

 Candy & Steve Roloff are friends of my cousin Cami and joined us for Sunday lunch.

 The guys having a game of croquet.

 Mom & Dad winding down.

 We went to the LeMay Car Museum.



 We spent one night at my brother's house.  Another family also spent the night, Victor & Julie Lucero and their four kids. 

In the airport, we ended up in line behind Lisa Miller Foster (a childhood friend) and her adopted daughter's biological sister.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Nashville

 Dwayne came with me to Nashville for my Miche convention.  Broadway was an entertaining street.

 This is most of our team that attended - just missing Jason and our two leaders, Kate & Ben.

 I enjoyed getting better acquainted with Anita.  We all had dinner together at the Wildhorse Saloon.


 This is the original Kate Spade bag that Michelle Romero designed new exteriors for after her coffee spill and used as a prototype for her idea.

We had lunch with Erika on our way back home Sunday afternoon.